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Letter from M. Jeff Thompson to Richard W. Thompson

Creator:: Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, 1826-1876
Collection:: Richard W. Thompson Collection
Location:: Senatobia, Mississippi
Date of Original:: 1862
Description:: Letter, 25 cm, asking ""why in God's name dont some of you leading men make some effort to stop the war"" as the south cannot be coerced and thousands of lives will be lost in the struggle, stating that all attempts to abolish slavery will take down all races. Jeff Thompson's proposed plan of retaliation would remove or kill any black men suspected of joining the Northern forces; he avows that he has not ""deviated from the strict rules of Civilized Warfare"" but would ""be in favour of cold blooded murder or anything else to rid the country of invaders."" M. Jeff Thompson was a Confederate General and cousin to Richard W. Thompson.
Subject:: Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900--Correspondence; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Slaves--Emancipation--United States

Category:: Manuscripts & Documents
Format of Original:: Manuscript
Item ID:: 71200908302539
Holding Institution:: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Digital File ID:: 71200908302539
Available for Viewing:: By appointment only
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